UP: Criticism over President Obama’s half-hearted, late step on Syria.

DOWN: Faith in Obama’s approach to Syria. Obama fan Jeffrey Goldberg (“This is the worst of all possible worlds. This is dipping a toe in. This is signaling that we’re in, but we’re not really in”) now sounds like George Will (“Don’t be tentative, whatever else you do, and don’t be tardy. General McArthur said every military debacle can be explained by two words: Too late. Too late to discern the threat, to prepare for the threat, to respond to the threat”).

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